The Irony of Agua Buena

Greetings Friends and Family,

This is my second full day here in the beautiful country of Honuras. And I do mean beautiful. I am surrounded by mountains and everything is green and flourishing. I love it, not that I don't also love flat ground covered with corn and beans. Ha ha!

So much happened yesterday that I am going to have to just highlight the big things. Otherwise I could spend the whole day writing this blog. So here we go:

• The kids's day starts at about 5 o'clock. Mine...does not, but I do get up about 7 o'clock. That's pretty good for me.
• Dad and I got a great tour of Escalon, the school where I am staying.
• I got my first crash course in Spanish from a couple twelve year old girls here on campus. They were very nice and patient with me. I can now carry a simple conversation and name almost any animal in Spanish. They quizzed me on the animals for almost 45 minutes. It was intense, but a lot of fun. They are very sweet girls.
• They big thing we did yesterday was travel to a little villiage in the mountains called Agua Buena, which means "good water". The irony of this is, until recently, they had terrible water. Tree of Life has helped them find a spring in the mountain and channel it down to their villiage. Since the spring is above them, they even have a little water pressure. That's amazing for a little villiage of around 300 with no electricity to have water pressure. The journey to Agua Buena was not easy. We took a truck holding 5 in the cab and 12 more in the truck bed! That's not unusual in Honduras. The crazy part was the road up the mountain was dirt, narrow and steep. It was also full of potholes. It was a little scary, but they do it all the time. Not to mention the view was breathtaking. We were right on the edge of the mountain. It took us about 2 hours to get up. When we got there we had a meal with the people, handed out food and clothing, and had a church service. There is something amazing about worshiping with those you would not normally. It was an awesome experience.

Well, that's it for now. I don't want to make this too long. I acually want people to read it. I love you all and appreciate your continued prayer.

God Bless,

Katelyn